Format:
1 online resource (1135 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203403600
Content:
The Arabic contribution is fundamental to the history of science, mathematics and technology, but until now no single publication has offered an up-to-date synthesis of knowledge in this area. In three fully-illustrated volumes the Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science documents the history and philosophy of Arabic science from the earliest times to the present day. The set as a whole covers seven centuries. Thirty chapters, written by an international team of specialists from Europe, America, the Middle East and Russia cover such areas as astronomy, mathematics, music, engineering, nautical science and scientific institutions.
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- VOLUME 1 -- 1 General survey of Arabic astronomy -- 2 Eastern Arabic astronomy between the eighth and the eleventh centuries -- 3 Arabic planetary theories after the eleventh century AD -- 4 Astronomy and Islamic society: Qibla, gnomonics and timekeeping -- 5 Mathematical geography -- 6 Arabic nautical science -- 7 The development of Arabic science in Andalusia -- 8 The heritage of Arabic science in Hebrew -- 9 The influence of Arabic astronomy in the medieval West -- VOLUME 2 -- 10 Numeration and arithmetic -- 11 Algebra -- 12 Combinatorial analysis, numerical analysis, Diophantine analysis and number theory -- 13 Infinitesimal determinations, quadrature of lunules and isoperimetric problems -- 14 Geometry -- 15 Trigonometry -- 16 The influence of Arabic mathematics in the medieval West -- 17 Musical science -- 18 Statics -- 19 Geometrical optics -- 20 The emergence of physiological optics -- 21 The Western reception of Arabic optics -- VOLUME 3 -- 22 Engineering -- 23 Geography -- 24 Botany and agriculture -- 25 Arabic alchemy -- 26 The reception of Arabic alchemy in the West -- 27 Medicine -- 28 The influence of Arabic medicine in the medieval West -- 29 The scientific institutions in the medieval Near East -- 30 Classifications of the sciences -- Postface: approaches to the history of Arabic science -- Bibliography (Vol. 1) -- Bibliography (Vol. 2) -- Bibliography (Vol. 3) -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415020633
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415020633
Language:
English
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